BusNews

Changes to Woden Hospital Services from Monday 25 May 2020

Passengers, please note that from Monday 25 May 2020, the
Route 831, Route 842 and
NSW TrainLink services will
no longer operate via Hospital Rd at the Canberra Hospital
due to road works.

Please refer to the map below for where to catch the bus at alternative bus
stops in the area. We apologise for any inconvenience this change causes to
your journey.

Bus Service changes over the Easter Weekend

Passengers, please note that from Good Friday (April 10th) through to Easter Monday (April 13th), and on ANZAC Day (April 25th), NO services will operate.

Timetable Variations

Friday Apr 10th

Good Friday

No Service

Saturday Apr 11th

Easter Saturday

No Service

Sunday Apr 12th

Easter Sunday

No Service

Monday Apr 13th

Easter Monday

No Service

Saturday Apr 25th

ANZAC Day

No Service

Monday Apr 27th

Monday

No Service

We wish you a safe and Happy Easter.

Stay safe and use TBX SmartCard

SmartCard is the smartest way to travel on Qcity Transit and Transborder bus services. Please help us reduce the need to handle cash as we respond to #coronavirus over the coming months.

For a limited time we have also removed the $11 sign up fee. You can sign up for FREE by clicking here and once received we will post out your SmartCard to your nominated address.

A Message from ComfortDelGro Corporation (CDC) Australia CEO

At ComfortDelGro Corporation (CDC) Australia, we care for our people and customers. Our priority is the safety of passengers and employees, especially those on the front-line.

As an operator in a regulated transport industry, we will continue to coordinate closely with government authorities and are taking action around COVID-19 in line with their recommendation and regulation.

For your peace of mind, we have also introduced a number of measures:

Protecting our people

Restrictions on travel.

Postponement of large-scale events.

Remote working solutions including online technology for meetings and daily operations.

Access to hand sanitisers.

Training on social distancing, hygiene practices and other precautionary measures.

CDC has established a national COVID-19 24×7 assistance hotline for all staff, whereby they can access medical advice around COVID-19.

Customers

We are working in partnership with government to provide public transport services for as long as it is safe and logistically possible to do so.

Our drivers have been educated to maintain good hygiene standards including practicing regular hand sanitising.

Our vehicles are being cleaned and sanitized more regularly with daily internal clean.

Where practicable, implementing social distancing measures on board our buses.

We have not had any incident relating to COVID-19 and for that we are very thankful, but we wish to assure you that we have response plans ready.

We thank you for your continued support and look forward to linking people to places and communities even in these challenging times.

Yours sincerely,

Nicholas Yap

CEO, ComfortDelGro Australia

New Bus Fares 2020

Commencing Wednesday, 1 January 2020 fares will be increased on all Qcity Transit and Transborder services. For further information please contact TravellerInfo on 6299 3722 or visit our websites qcitytransit.com.au and transborder.com.au

Transborder Route Services

ONE WAY

DAILY

Full Fare

Concession

Full Fare

Concession

Yass to Murrumbateman Village

$5.10

$2.50

$12.60

$6.30

Yass to Hall

$10.10

$5.00

$22.60

$11.30

Yass to Civic/Woden

$10.10

$5.00

$22.60

$11.30

Yass to Queanbeyan

$10.10

$5.00

$22.60

$11.30

Murrumbateman to Hall

$5.10

$2.50

$12.60

$6.30

Murrumbateman to Civic/Woden

$7.60

$3.80

$17.60

$8.80

Murrumbateman to Queanbeyan

$10.10

$5.00

$22.60

$11.30

Hall Region to Civic

$5.10

$2.50

$12.60

$6.30

Daily ticket is available for daily travel within the appropriate travel band

TBX Section Fares

ONE WAY

DAILY

Full Fare

Concession

Full Fare

Concession

Section 1 to 2

$2.40

$1.20

$7.20

$3.60

Section 3 to 6

$3.60

$1.80

$9.60

$4.80

Section 7 to 15

$5.10

$2.50

$12.60

$6.30

Section 16 to 25

$7.60

$3.80

$17.60

$8.80

Section 26 to 37

$10.10

$5.00

$22.60

$11.30

Section 38 to 56

$15.10

$7.50

$32.60

$16.30

Section 57 to 75

$21.90

$10.90

$46.20

$23.10

Section 76 to 100

$30.70

$15.30

$63.80

$31.90

Section 105 to 125

$40.70

$20.30

$83.80

$41.90

Section 126 plus

$50.60

$25.30

$103.60

$51.80

SSTS

ONE WAY

Full Fare

Local - QBN < > Jerra

$1.80

Urban - QBN < > Canberra

$2.50

Country

$5.00

Fares authorised by Transport for NSW

Christmas Holiday Timetables 2019/2020

Customers, please note that from Christmas Day through to January 2 service times will vary on existing Transborder Express Services.

Changes to Kookaburra school bus service

Qcity Transit wishes to advise customers of changes to the Kookaburra school bus service commencing from Monday 14th October, 2019.

As of Monday 14th October 2019, The Kookaburra school service will no longer pick students up from Merryville Drive in Murrumbateman in the mornings, but will instead travel through Murrumbateman via McIntosh Circuit. This decision has been made in an effort to reduce overall travel time for students, and ensure that the service arrival times at the schools are maintained.

Please note: This is a change to the morning services only

Time

Pick-up Location

7:05 am

Yass Depot (Rossi Street)

7:08 am

Yass Interchange (Lead Street)

7:24 am

Murrumbateman Village

7:30 am

Murrumbateman Winery

7:40 am

Barton Highway before Briarwood Lane

7:43 am

Barton Highway at Spring Range Rd

8:27 am

Canberra Girls Grammar (Junior Campus)

8:30 am

Canberra Girls Grammar (Senior Campus)

8:34 am

Canberra Grammar (Junior Campus)

8:35 am

Canberra Grammar (Senior Campus)

8:41 am

St Edmund's College/St Clare's College

If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact our SSTS team on 6299 3722.

Bus stop temporary closure – Northbourne Avenue

From Monday 26 August until Friday 11 October 2019, the bus stop on Northbourne Avenue at Dickson Interchange (towards Canberra Civic and Woden) will be closed due to building works.

Route 842 will instead set down passengers at the next bus stop on Northbourne Avenue, opposite Murdoch Street.

Hospital Rd, Canberra Hospital re-opened

Hospital Road at Canberra Hospital, Garran has now been opened for customer pick-up and drop-offs for all services.

Minor changes to Route 842 from 3 June 2019

Customers, please note the following changes to Route 842 from Monday, 3 June 2019:

ROUTE

CHANGE

842

departing Yass at 06:40 will now arrive at Canberra City at 07:51 (5 minutes later than previously) and subsequently arrive Woden 08:15 and Canberra Hospital 08:20

At Canberra Hospital, all Route 842 services will set down and pick up customers inside the campus on Hospital Road, instead of outside on Yamba Drive.

Bus pass applications for 2018

Please note: Students who are currently eligible under the SSTS and transitioning from Year 2 to Year 3 or Year 6 to Year 7 at the same school campus will no longer need to re-apply, however, eligibility will be re-assessed by Transport for NSW to determine if the student is still eligible based on their residential distance from the school.Students who are changing campuses or schools will still need to reapply for the SSTS as normal.If you have any further questions about the SSTS or the eligibility requirements please contact the Qcity Transit School Services Coordinator on (02) 6299 3722 (option 1).

School Service Change commencing Thursday 1 June 2017– Emu 80/Possum 87 from Yass and Murrumbateman to Canberra schools

Parents/care givers and students please be advised of the following change to the school bus service from Yass and Murrumbateman to several Canberra schools commencing Thursday 1st June 2017.

Students who currently catch school bus 80 Emu from Yass, Barton Hwy and Murrumbateman in the morning and afternoon and transfer to 87 Possum from Hall will now be able to catch school bus 97 Kookaburra.

School bus 97 will operate both morning and afternoon and travel direct to the schools listed below. Bus 97 will not service Hall Interchange in the mornings or afternoons.

This proposal will operate as a trial service and is subject to scheduling variations as needs require.

*All existing services will continue to operate as normal, including the Possum and Emu school services.

*Bus 97 will not service Hall Interchange in the mornings or afternoons.

*Bus 97 will not service Marist College in the mornings.

School Bus 97 AM services

Origin

Pickup AM

Destination

Yass Depot (Rossi St

6:55am

Canberra Grammar campuses and St Edmunds College

Yass Interchange

6:58am

Canberra Grammar campuses and St Edmunds College

Murrumbateman Village

7:15am

Canberra Grammar campuses and St Edmunds College

Merryville Dr & Suffolk Pl

7:29am

Canberra Grammar campuses and St Edmunds College

Barton Hwy/Braidwood Ln

7:45am

Canberra Grammar campuses and St Edmunds College

School Bus 97 PM services

Origin

Pickup AM

Destination

Marist College

3:15pm

Barton Hwy, Murrumbateman & Yass

Grammar Girls Jnr

3:34pm

Barton Hwy, Murrumbateman & Yass

Grammar Girls Snr

3:35pm

Barton Hwy, Murrumbateman & Yass

Grammar Boys Jnr

3:38pm

Barton Hwy, Murrumbateman & Yass

Grammar Boys Snr

3:38pm

Barton Hwy, Murrumbateman & Yass

St Edmunds College

3:47pm

Barton Hwy, Murrumbateman & Yass

If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact our SSTS team on 6299 3722.

School Service Changes commencing Monday 1 May 2017 – Lyneham High School run 79

Parents/care givers and students please be advised of the following change to school bus services from Lyneham High School run 79 commencing Monday 1st May 2017.

School run 79 will be replaced by new school run 77 and will depart from Lyneham High School at 3.18pm instead of the current time for run 79 of 3.38pm.

If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact our SSTS team on 6299 3722.

Kookaburra Bus Service changes commencing Monday, 17 July 2017

Parents/care givers and students please be advised of the following change to the #97 (Kookaburra) bus service commencing Monday, 17 July 2017.

The #97 (Kookaburra) bus service is still operating as a trial service and will remain as such until the end of the school year, however, there has been a timing change on the departure times for this service from the Yass Interchange.

Please note that there have not been any changes to the route for this service at this stage.

Origin

Pickup AM

Destination

Yass Depot (Rossi St

7:05am

Canberra Grammar School campuses, St Edmund’s and St Clare’s Colleges

Yass Interchange

7:08am

Canberra Grammar School campuses, St Edmund’s and St Clare’s Colleges

Murrumbateman Village

7:20am

Canberra Grammar School campuses, St Edmund’s and St Clare’s Colleges

Murrumbateman Winery

7:30am

Canberra Grammar School campuses, St Edmund’s and St Clare’s Colleges

Barton Hwy before Briarwood Lane

7:40am

Canberra Grammar School campuses, St Edmund’s and St Clare’s Colleges

Please also note: There are no proposed changes to the afternoon service.

If you require further information please do not hesitate to contact our SSTS team on 6299 3722.